Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-16

The annual meeting of the Minnesota
State Poultry Association was held at
Rochester, April 6, with
fair attendance. The time and place of the
next exhibit were not fixed Following are
President, ": A. Gates. Sank Centre; vice
president, W. J. Myron, st. Paul: secre-
tary, DR.. D. W. Edwards, LIE Sueur; treasu-
rer, G. j. Jacks, Rochester; directors, E. j.
Gates and G: A: White, Rochester, and G.
c. Conklin, Spring Valley.
Mrs. Peter Burk was fatally injured
at Mankato, MINI >, by cow she was milk
ing, on Sunday. The COW had calf a few
days old and was acting badly, and got
fast in the rope by which she was tied Mrs.
set upon by the furious beast, and would
have been killed outright had it not been
that she was Of slight form and got between
the COWS horns and hung on until rescued
by her husband.
At Missoula, Mont, on the afternoon
of April 6, Maguire's opera house burned
The fire originated in the express building
adjoining, which was also consumed. Wor-
den & Co. were the owners of the buildings,
which are valued at $4,000. Mcguire is the
1SoSSD "a VIC opCI q 1OuSS. LIS lOSS WGS
$4,000. No insurance on the buildings or
turn ture. Mcguire q Co. will erect
new back building at once on the old site.
Speaking of the coming national en-
campment and drill in May, at Washington,
Col. Chas. King, U. S. A., acting on the
staff of the Governor Of Wiscon-
sin, that the milwaukee, light battery will
come in full force and make a sensation by
its personnel and by it's drill. He also states
that the famous light horse squadron is one
OF the finest bodies of mounted men he
knows of anywhere:
The testimony is all in the Haddock
murder trial, at Sioux City, Iowa, and the
arguments began Monday. The theory of
an albi for Arensd orf, set upFby the defense,
is sustained by witnesses on that side, I'M
less the jury think that the prosecution has
successfully impeached them. It is said
there will be either disagreement of the
jury or the theory of the defense will be APP
proved.
BY expanding rails a westbound
passenger train Of the N. P. r. R., was de-
rallied near Steele, Oak, on the afternoon Of
the Sth. Four cars were overturned, in
Guiding the dining car which took fire. By
almost superhuman eXertiOns the passengers
were released, only four being injured and
not life lost. Had it occurred in the night
the calamity would have been an awful one
A dispatch from Eau Claire, Wis,
April y says: The prospect of failure of
the winter wheat crop in this part of Wis
consin by reason of the late cold weather,
have caused farmers to increase the acre
age OF spring wheat to be sown, which will
be about 20 per cent larger than last spring
The seasons ten days backward, no plow-
ing has been done and farmers feel dis
couraged.
A sad story comes from Fort Yates
relative to sufferers whose homes were
swept away by the Missouri flood, sixty
seven people having lost all. The Secretary
of War has directed the commandment of
the post to render all possible aia to the
distressed people, who are WITHOUT food,
clothing or shelter.
1t is reported from Eau Claire, Wis,
that a: disease resembling in effects cholera,
has broken out among swine in various
parts Of the county. One farmer named
5. Durham, lost sixteen hogs from the con-
tagion within a few days. The disease has
just lately made its appearances. So:
At Bluffton, Mimi, on" the night of
the 9Th, Maltby's store building with a
public hall above, his stock of goods and
two other buildings burned with a loss of
$4,000 and insurance about one-half. The
fire took from a cigar stub thrown into
some rubbish at the foot Of the stairs to the
hall, after a dance there
Mayor-elect H. J. Peck Of Shakopee,
Mimi, prominent attorney. and
one of the foremost members of
the Minnesota bar: is of the opinion that
some OF the recent temperance laws are UNI
constitutional, in SO far as the penalties
therein expressed are concerned.
-" The big distillery at Des Moines,
Iowa, has been sold to the whisky pool and
it will be closed May IS. Over: one hun
dred and fifty men connected with the con-
Germ will BIS thrown out of employment,
among them large force of revenue
officers. .:*.:. ~. :"s",.;'? .~::, -: H..
. A civil service .examination will be
held at Mankato, Nina, April IF, for appli-.
cants for positions in the department. offices
conducted by Civil Service Commissioner,
Lyman and a local board of examiners.
The examination will be strictly private.
J. Z. Massey and William s. Brittor
of st..Louis, Capitalists and money loaners,
have applied to the controller: of the cur
rency for charter Of the First National
bank Of Minot,r OAK. The building is to be
erected at, First and Main Streets :"!''.
On the 9Th, Mr.ssand Mrs. Hegener,
of Minneapolis were charged with man
slaughter in the first degree in the district
court OF Ramsey county, for the shooting
Of Murphy at st. Paul couple Of DAYS be,
fore, and admitted to bail in $4,000.
At Shakopee, Mimi, on the 18th, 4.
seven-year old daughter Of Henry Duede
was drowned in water barrel She was
trying to,dlp up water out of a barrel which
was nearly empty, and losing her balance,
fell in. -,
ri ri The. name Of the, postoffice at
Nakomas, Lake county, Oak, is changed to
Pomona, and Miss Nora O'Don11el appointed
.postnistress vice 4. H. Pearce; resigned:
: . Indian Agent Osborne, Of the Ponca-
Pawnee Indian agency, Indian Territory.
writes to Commissioner Ail1ens that he shot
mutinous Indian dead il. self defense.
!, The Secretary Of the Treasury has
appointed G. Hoppe of.Sheboygan gauger
for the Third internal revenue district of
Wisconsin. sS2 :'-:& IL. 3 <t:@%|>@ M go
Al Upton, Iowa.. Mrs: Susan Ham ii
mond, a.wealthy widow, 70 years of age
committed suicide by: throwing herself into
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.The ice. went out of ! the river at
Bralnerd, Mimi, on the Sth, without any
damage but it is an n. unusually late opening
Their county. Union Agricultural
society will hold its fair for 1887 on the 9Th
and 9TH of September ,.;.1s,.'
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